10 Best Port Douglas Hotels: Four Mile Beach (2026)

We open the Port Douglas list with the international-brand apartment resort our team rates as the most complete pick for a multi-night stay — Peppers Beach Club Port Douglas. It's a 4.5-star Peppers resort (part of Accor) on Davidson Street in the centre of town, a 5-minute walk from Four Mile Beach and about 3 minutes from the restaurants and cafes on Macrossan Street. The centrepiece is a big lagoon pool set in a tropical garden with a replica waterfall, plus a beachfront pool that opens straight toward the sand. Rooms run from couples' Spa Suites to 1-3 bedroom apartments with full kitchens and balconies, and a few units have a private swim-up pool opening onto the lagoon. The Lure Restaurant & Bar does seafood and a breakfast buffet, there's a 24-hour gym, a spa and free parking, and Wi-Fi is free throughout. Real-guest score on Trip.com is 8.6/10, with rates from about $185 a night.

Our number-two pick is the best location on this list — if you want to wake up to the sea from your bed, this is the answer. By the Sea Port Douglas is a 4-star apartment hotel on Wharf Street, set directly on the 6.5 km stretch of Four Mile Beach: walk out the back door and you are on the sand, with no road to cross. It is a 3-minute walk to the restaurants and cafes of Macrossan Street and about 700 m to the Crystalbrook Superyacht Marina (the former Marina Mirage). Rooms are 1-2 bedroom apartments, every unit with a full kitchen — fridge, stove, microwave — plus a private balcony and a separate living room; some upper units look straight out to sea. There is an outdoor pool in a tropical garden, a shared BBQ area, in-unit washer and dryer, free Wi-Fi and free underground parking. Sugar Wharf, where the Great Barrier Reef boats leave, is only 1 km away. The real-guest Trip.com score is 9.0/10 — the highest here, and a favourite with couples and honeymooners. Rates start around $168 a night.

Our number three is the pick for couples specifically, because Shantara Resort Port Douglas (formerly the Shantara Apartments) is adults-only (15+) — no kids, no splash-fights at the pool. It sits on Davidson Street in the centre of town, a 5-minute walk from Four Mile Beach and about 400 m from the restaurants and cafes on Macrossan Street. The rooms are 1-2 bedroom apartments with full kitchens, separate living areas and balconies, and every unit has its own washer-dryer. The grounds run on the calm, spa-honeymoon side: an oval outdoor pool and a Jacuzzi sit in a tropical palm garden, and some apartments open straight onto the water. What sets Shantara apart for reef-trippers is a dive-gear storage room with a shower, so you can rinse off after a Quicksilver or Sailaway day before heading back to your room. Wi-Fi and parking are free. Real guests rate it 8.8/10 on Trip.com, with rates from about $158 a night.

Sitting fourth on the list is the small motel we rate as the best value for anyone road-tripping up from Cairns — Lazy Lizard Motor Inn. It's a 3.5-star motel on 121 Davidson Street at the entrance to Port Douglas, about 1.5 km from central Macrossan Street and roughly 600 m from Four Mile Beach. The layout is pure old-school Australia: 22 rooms in a single-storey row wrapped around a central pool and a tropical garden, with a private parking bay right outside each door. Rooms range from studios to family units for four; some have a kitchenette with a fridge, microwave and coffee maker, and every room gets air-con, a flat-screen TV and an ensuite. There's an oval outdoor pool, sun loungers, a shared BBQ area, free Wi-Fi and a coin-operated laundry. Real-guest reviews on Trip.com sit at 8.4/10 — high for a motel — with rates from around $96 a night.

Ranked #5, Mowbray by the Sea is the highest-scoring apartment hotel on this list — and the one Port Douglas families and friend groups reach for first. It is a 4-star property on 23 Garrick Street at the south end of town, near Four Mile Beach and about 400 m (a 5-minute walk) from Macrossan Street. The pull is the rooms: there are no studios or one-bedrooms here — every unit is a large 2-bedroom, 2-bathroom apartment running over 100 sq m, with a full kitchen, separate living and dining areas, a private balcony and an in-unit washer-dryer. The standout amenity is a 25-meter heated pool — long enough for real laps and genuinely useful in the wet season (Nov-Apr), when nights are humid but not warm enough for a cold plunge. There is a shared BBQ area in a big tropical garden, free secure underground parking and free Wi-Fi. Real guests on Trip.com rate it 9.2/10, the top apartment score in Port Douglas, with rates from about $202 a night — which works out cheap once you split it across 4-6 people.

Our number-six pick is the best central location on this list for people who like to walk, eat and wander — Villa San Michele Port Douglas. It is a 4-star Mediterranean-style apartment hotel of 37 units, sitting in the middle of Macrossan Street, in the heart of Port Douglas's restaurant-and-cafe strip — walk out the lobby door and you are at the food. The architecture is Mediterranean Revival, which is rare in Queensland: terracotta tiles, cream walls and a Tuscan-style palm garden. Rooms are 1-2 bedroom apartments with full kitchens, private balconies, separate living rooms and in-unit washer/dryer. There are two outdoor saltwater pools set in the palm garden, a Jacuzzi and a shared BBQ area; saltwater is gentler on the skin than chlorine. Four Mile Beach is a 5-minute walk through Anzac Park, and the Crystalbrook Marina is about 600 m away. The real-guest Trip.com score is 8.5/10, and rates start around $134 a night.

Coming in at #7 is the smallest, friendliest stay on our list — Garrick House Port Douglas, a 4-star boutique apartment of just 14 units on Garrick Street. It sits about 200m from Four Mile Beach and roughly 250m from Macrossan Street, a 2-3 minute walk from either. What sets it apart is the scale: owner-managers Andrew and Cindy remember guests by name, book Great Barrier Reef and Daintree Rainforest tours at a discount through their own operator contacts, and hand over restaurant tips you won't find on Google. The apartments are 1-2 bedrooms with full kitchens, a private balcony in every unit, and an in-unit washer/dryer — room enough for a group of 2-4. There's an outdoor garden pool, a communal BBQ area, free underground parking and free Wi-Fi. Real-guest score on Trip.com is 8.7/10, with service rated a high 9.2. Rates start around $144 a night.

Regal Port Douglas is a 4-star apartment hotel at 26-32 Macrossan Street, planted in the middle of the town's restaurant-and-cafe strip. Four Mile Beach is about 300 m away (a 5-minute walk through Anzac Park), and Crystalbrook Marina — where the Great Barrier Reef boats leave — sits roughly 700 m off. The apartments run 1 to 3 bedrooms, so they suit big families and friend groups who need space: every unit has a full kitchen, a separate living room, a balcony, in-unit laundry and generous luggage storage. The centrepiece is a large lagoon-style outdoor pool in a palm garden with sun loungers and a small waterfall, plus a shared BBQ area, free in-building parking and free Wi-Fi. Real-guest score on Trip.com is 8.6/10. Rates open around $150 a night for a one-bedroom; a three-bedroom starts near $275, which split six ways is hard to beat.

Ranked #9, this is the small boutique our team rates as the best value in the 3.5-star group — Port Douglas Retreat. It is a 36-unit boutique apartment block on Mowbray Street, about 400 metres (a 5-minute walk) from both Four Mile Beach and Macrossan Street. What gives it character is the building itself — an old Queenslander design, the traditional raised-timber, wide-verandah architecture of the state that uses breeze and shade to stay cool, refreshed into clean, current apartments that keep the original charm. Every unit is a one-bedroom with a kitchenette (fridge, electric stove, coffee maker), a private balcony onto the garden, air-con, a TV and an ensuite, plus an in-unit washer and dryer. There is an outdoor pool in a quiet tropical garden, a shared BBQ area with sun loungers, free Wi-Fi and free parking. Real-guest scores hit 8.5/10 on Trip.com — high for a place that starts near $106 a night. Best for couples and solo travelers.

We close out the Port Douglas list with the pick our team rates as the best value for backpackers — Dougies Backpackers Resort, formerly Port Douglas Backpackers. It sits on Davidson Street at the town entrance, about 1.4 km from Macrossan Street and roughly 900 m (a 10-minute walk) from Four Mile Beach. What sets it apart from a typical hostel is the scale: a sprawling resort in 4 rai of tropical gardens with tall trees, palms and wide lawns, plus safari huts for travelers who like an ecotourism feel. Room types run from 4-6 bed dorms (mixed or female-only) to twin/double rooms, family rooms and those safari huts. There's an outdoor pool in the gardens, a communal BBQ area, a big shared kitchen, coin laundry, free parking and a tour desk with 5-10% backpacker discounts on Great Barrier Reef trips. Real guest scores on Trip.com sit at 7.8/10 — high for a hostel where a dorm bed starts at around $34 a night.